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During 1964, work on providing electrical heating for the protection of the plumbing
in all outside toilets at schools was completed. This is very satisfactory, and should be of
great assistance should heavy frosts occur—no severe weather occurred to test the efficiency
of the new installations during the year. Emergency inside toilet accommodation was
provided at Beaconsfield Road Junior Mixed and Infant schools.
The Borough Council provides the number of dustbins required for the removal of
school refuse.
Eradication of Bed Bugs, Fleas and Lice
Statistics for the year:—
(a) Number of Council houses
(1) found to be infested 5
(2) disinfested during the year 5
(b) Number of other houses
(1) found to be infested 9
(2) disinfested during the year 9
Total 14
Canal Boats
Southall is not a registration authority for canal boats. Inspections are carried out in
the Boroughs having mooring depots for these boats as a routine procedure and only
rarely is there need for interference by any officer of Southall. No report was necessary
during 1964.
Mortuary and Post-Mortem Room
The mortuary, situated in Havelock Road, provides adequate accommodation for
the Borough, but it is not likely to be used for mortuary purposes again, as all bodies from
this Borough are now deposited at the Acton and Uxbridge Mortuaries, and the Council
makes an annual contribution to the two local authorities concerned.
No bodies were deposited in the mortuary during the year. Thirty-two bodies were
deposited in the mortuary at Acton and one hundred and thirty-five bodies in the mortuary
at Uxbridge, for post-mortem purposes and coroner's inquest if necessary.
Factories Act, 1937
The following tables give details of the work done in connection with the factories
and outworkers in the Borough:—